Dead Weight
He walked silently in the dark
For ages had been doing that
Night is all he had seen
Had no memories of light
Past scrubbed by unending aches
And that dangling dead weight
Didn’t know when, it had creeped up
Silently on his back
And reason why he dragged in pain
A load he didn’t ask
He looked around for any sign
Knowing it won’t be there
Thought of asking the dead weight
If it could somehow convey
But now he had gotten used to
Even liking his only pal
For in the dark on a lonely path
He finally had someone to talk
©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
This is a very poignant poem Shashi